Dennis G Prado

Bio

Dennis has been actively involved with mergers and acquisitions, corporate development, strategy and corporate finance for over fifteen years. Prior to joining Main Street, he spent over ten years at Fortune Brands Inc, a global $8.5 billion consumer products conglomerate based in Deerfield, IL. While at Fortune, he worked in the Strategy and Corporate Development Group on a variety of merger, acquisition, divestiture and strategic alliance projects. Dennis was responsible for identifying acquisition opportunities, developing growth strategies, executing transactions and integrating acquired companies. He worked closely with Fortune's operations management teams and has extensive experience performing transactions in the consumer packaged goods and home products industries. Dennis also held operating roles at Fortune Brands' Spirits and Wine division in both Strategic Planning and Marketing. Prior to Fortune, Dennis was a Manager in Price Waterhouse LLP's Corporate Finance Group in New York. At Price Waterhouse, he provided merger and acquisition advisory services to private equity firms and corporations in a broad range of industries. Services provided included buy- and sell-side due diligence, business valuations and shareholder value (EVA) consulting. Dennis also worked as a Senior Consultant at Deloitte & Touche LLP in their Pittsburgh office. Dennis is a member of the Board of Directors of Sajar Plastics Inc. Dennis earned an MBA and a Masters of Science in Information Systems from the University of Pittsburgh. He also attended Bucknell University where he received a BA in Economics.